Season ticket holders at McDonald Jones Stadium haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Wellington Phoenix languishing in the 10th position so far. The guesting Brisbane Roar will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
- Wellington Phoenix have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Brisbane Roar have the fewest points from losing position (0) in A-League
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Wellington Phoenix form and stats
Overall A-League stats at home this season for Wellington Phoenix are 1-1-3 (wins-draw-losses).
Wellington lost their last game at Western Sydney Wanderers (placed 2nd) after a 3-4 scoreline. Before that, Wellington Phoenix had a home game versus Perth Glory which ended with a victory 3-0.
A goal frenzy last time out for Wellington Phoenix, with a total of 7 goals in the match against Western Sydney Wanderers. Fun stuff to watch!
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Wellington have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won nine, drawn two and lost two.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Wellington as they have a new game in only three days, a A-League match thankfully also at home. Melbourne Victory are visiting.
Wellington are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 5 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 8 goals have been conceded.
Brisbane Roar form and stats
Playing away, Brisbane Roar have won 2 games, drawn 1 and suffered 2 defeats in the A-League this season. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Brisbane Roar are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Brisbane play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Western United (placed 8th). Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Sydney.
Brisbane goalkeeper Jamie Young had a great day against Western United, but despite making seven saves the loss could not be avoided.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Brisbane playing away and similar expectations, we found nine relevant matches. Results were four Brisbane Roar wins, one draw and four defeats.
Brisbane find the net regularly in their away games. 6 goals from 5 away fixtures in the league. Brisbane have conceded 6 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Wellington Phoenix-Brisbane Roar H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Wellington two wins, Brisbane Roar three wins, five draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  D. Wenzel-Halls 6 goals |   U. Dávila Plascencia 4 goals | D. Ball 3 goals |
Wellington Phoenix missing players
Brisbane Roar missing players
| Wellington Phoenix | Brisbane Roar | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 16 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 6 | 6 | 15 |
| 18 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 6 | 13 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 82% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 60% | 64% |
| 64% | 80% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 60% | 45% |
| 18% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 40% | 36% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 64% | 60% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 55% |
| 18% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 18% |
| 18% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 45% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 0.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15.1 | 15.4 | 22 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.3 | 12.2 | 15 |
| 4 | 5 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4 | 5.5 |
| 36% | 28% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 30% | 25% |
- All of Wellington Phoenix's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Brisbane Roar have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Brisbane Roar have the fewest points from losing position (0) in A-League
- Wellington Phoenix have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Wellington Phoenix haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Central Coast Mariners | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 25 |
| 2 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 19 |
| 3 | Adelaide United | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 15 | -1 | 19 |
| 4 | Melbourne City | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 18 |
| 5 | Sydney | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 18 |
| 6 | Macarthur | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -4 | 17 |
| 7 | Brisbane Roar | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 15 |
| 8 | Western United | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 14 |
| 9 | Perth Glory | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 13 |
| 10 | Wellington Phoenix | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -2 | 11 |
| 11 | Newcastle Jets | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -5 | 11 |
| 12 | Melbourne Victory | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -15 | 7 |